23S 



NYMPHALIDJE. 



converging and meeting subapically, a subtermiDal posterior fine 

 line, the dorsum broadly, the tornal angle and termen posteriorly 

 yellow. Underside ochraceous, the markings more or less as 

 on the upperside, but the black areas pale brownish, dusky black 

 only in interspaces 2, 3 and 4 of the fore wing, and the orange 

 markings pinkish white, the white subapical spot on the fore wing 

 produced diffusely to the termen. Antennae black, apical half of 

 the club white ; head, thorax and abdomen ochraceous brown, 

 paler beneath.- — $ . Upper and under sides similar to those in the 

 male, but on the upperside the bands narrower, of a paler and less 

 bright yellow ; on the underside the markings better defined. 

 , Exp. c? $ 71-93 mm. (2-8-3-6S"). 



Hab. Sikhim ; Bhutan; Assam; Upper Burma, not ascending 

 to any great elevation. 



Race angustata, Moore, the South-eastern geographical form, 

 differs in the orange band on the upperside in both sexes being 

 narrower and paler than in typical marathus, and in the female in 



Fig. 44. — Herona marathus, race angustata. \. 



the preapical band or large spot on the fore wing being white. 

 Underside generally paler than in H. marathus. 



Exp. S 2 slightly smaller than in the typical form. 



Hab. Lower Burma ; Tenasserim down to Tavoy. 



Race andamana, Moore. — An insular race more clearly differ- 

 entiated from typical H. marathus. S . Upperside black, with 

 markings similar in character to those in the typical form, but on 

 the fore wing anteriorly pale ochraceous, almost white ; the discal 

 oblique band composed of very elongate, outwardly pointed, 

 separate spots ; the preapical band reduced to a large spot. — 

 2 . The markings similar to those in the male, but with the 

 exception of the streak in interspace 1 of the fore wing and part 

 of the two transverse bands on the hind wing, which are tinged 

 with cream-colour, the markings are pure white. Underside in 

 both sexes very similar to the underside in //. marathus, but the 



